Rosenstein, the former U.S. attorney for Maryland, defended both the investigation and Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel he appointed in May to oversee it. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, Rosenstein said he has seen no reason to fire Mueller from that job.

The hearing came hours after the disclosure of text messages between an FBI counterintelligence agent assigned to...

Listening to Sens. Bernie Sanders, Ben Cardin and Al Franken himself, I felt like I was in a time warp. It was a sudden time shift from a Democratic Party that urged Senator Franken to keep his seat and lauded him as the perfect human being to one that an...

If you're a normal person who pays attention to politics, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Washington can't decide whether deficits are bad. Well, I have one easy trick that will help you make sense of it all.
In Washington, when you hear people...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous released a plan Wednesday calling on Maryland to take the plunge and create a universal health care system without waiting for the the federal government to take the lead.
The release of Jealous’ outline...

Former NAACP chief Ben Jealous announced Wednesday that he has selected longtime Democratic Party insider Susan W. Turnbull as his running mate in the crowded primary contest for governor.
Turnbull, like Jealous, has never run for public office before....

Democrat Ben Jealous will pitch his plan for a state-based universal health care program next Wednesday during a Baltimore rally with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has pushed a similar “Medicare for all” plan in Congress.
Jealous, the former head of...

For all the obvious reasons, the Republican Party gets most of the attention these days. For starters, it controls the White House, the Senate and the House, and the party in power always warrants more scrutiny, even when it's operating smoothly.
Of...

I've been struggling with this question for a month.
It's been that long since a Democratic state legislator rose during the Q&A after a speech and asked me a deceptively simple thing: What should Democrats do now? What should their message be?
I...

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, has endorsed former NAACP head Ben Jealous’s campaign to be Maryland’s next governor, Jealous aides announced.
Booker and Jealous will campaign together at an event in...

Democrats may be giddy over President Donald Trump’s low approval ratings and the infighting within the GOP, but that doesn’t change the fact that at all levels, Democrats are losing elections. The long-standing Democratic coalition has fractured.
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Will the real moderate party please stand up?
On the same day that socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced his "Medicare for All" health care plan, Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana introduced a last-ditch...

The latest breakdown in American law and order, seen in the Charlottesville, Va., street violence, parallels a broader political breakdown in the country. The two major parties are simultaneously struggling to restore their traditional roles in our...

The last time the NAACP held its national convention in Baltimore, in 2000, the speakers included then-President Bill Clinton and the two men who were vying to replace him, Al Gore and George W. Bush.
Seventeen years later, much has changed, in the...

Stalwart liberal state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. is planning to launch his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor Monday — heralding a contest for the party’s progressive base.
Madaleno told The Baltimore Sun he would be the first...

Former NAACP president Ben Jealous will receive a boost in his efforts to win progressive support in his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor Thursday when he receives an endorsement from Bernie Sanders.
The Vermont senator is scheduled to...

Americans who have become intoxicated with political fury should be sobered by the gun attack on a group of Republican senators and representatives at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va.
On Wednesday morning, the Republicanswere practicing for an...

Legislation passed by the Senate Thursday to impose new sanctions on Moscow would also require President Donald J. Trump to get consent from Congress before giving a diplomatic compound on Maryland's Eastern Shore back to Russia.
The provision, tucked...

Ben Jealous, the former president of the NAACP, announced his candidacy for Maryland governor Wednesday outside a cousin's West Baltimore flower shop.Jealous, 44, is seeking the Democratic nomination in his first bid for political office. He joins a...

While Washington freaked out over the Congressional Budget Office's verdict on the American Health Care Act (aka "Trumpcare") and how cutting back health insurance would cost countless lives, the more interesting accounting came out of California. The...

Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will speak at a fundraiser in Baltimore next month for a program that pays for students to travel to Israel -- marking the Democrat's first public appearance in the state...